About Us

Josh Davis

Josh Davis began Rock 'n' Water with a vision of creating a variety of summer activities to compliment the existing winter activities at Wolf Ridge Ski Resort, making the area a year round outdoor adventure hub. Josh’s love for the outdoors began at age 6 while helping build his family cabin in the Adirondack Mountains. He truly loves the wilderness and the people and activities that keep him close to it. Josh studied Outdoor Recreation Business Management while attending New York State College of Environmental Science and Forestry at Syracuse University. During the winter months Josh manages the Upper Lodge ski operations at Wolf Ridge Slopes, where he is often found out in the terrain park catching some air.  He is a lifelong outdoor enthusiast and hopes everyone will come and see what Rock 'n' Water has to offer.

Maria Davis

As Josh's wife, Maria gets to partake in all the activites Rock 'N' Water has to offer. She has traveled and studied in Australia and New Zealand, but loves to call the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina her home. While at the Outpost, Maria loves assisting our customers with the planning and scheduling of their "summer fun" at Rock 'n' Water. She also stays busy part time in Real Estate and Landscape Architecture.

Travis Wallen

Born and raised in western North Carolina, Travis has been in the woods and water of these mountains since he could walk. He knows the area like the back of his hand, having fished, biked and rafted most of it. Travis is head guide for Rock 'n' Water and loves sharing his knowledge and experience with everyone. In his free time he keeps very busy tending to his dogs, cats, horses and chickens. At his farm he also grows plenty of vegetables including some hot peppers which aren’t for the faint of heart. During the winter months Travis works as a snow maker and is responsible for the snow everyone likes so much at Wolf Ridge Slopes.

Tre Easley

Tre was born in Georgia but moved to North Carolina as soon as he could, it only took him six months. Growing up around the mountains he was outside as much as possible. Tre enjoys guiding whitewater, bike and hiking trips with rock n water. In his free time he is either in his kayak out on the river or skiing down the mountain in the winter. Tre is a senior at NC State and if you cut him he will bleed red (the team color for the Wolfpack). He is Majoring in Agricultural Education and plans to teach high school when he graduates, teaching his students about the outdoors and the joys of agriculture.

K.C. Radford

K.C. has lived in WNC his whole life and has grown up fishing and camping these mountains. He was raised on a small farm outside of Mars Hill and raised tobacco and cattle for 18 years. He is a junior at N.C. State University studying Mechanical Engineering. In the winter he loves to snowboard whenever he gets a chance, and has always been an athlete playing football, wrestling, and running track. While guiding trips for Rock 'n' Water in the summer, K.C. loves to share his knowledge of the area.

Jimmy Dobes

Jimmy Dobes has been fly fishing in East Tennessee since he was a little boy, and has become one of the areas premier fly fishing guides.  He guides on the blue ribbon waters of the Watauga and South Holston rivers, specializing in catching trophy trout.  He's been guiding since 1997 and creating secret flies ever since.  He is also a graduate from East Tennessee State University with a bachelor's degree in Sports and Leisure Management, and raced mountain bikes for the university in the NCCA.  He prefers to spend his time either fly fishing over 500 different streams and rivers or jumping his mountain bikes over big gaps. When you want to catch big fish, this guy means business.